Today is Saturday. I slept at 1 am today and woke up at 8.15 to do violin practice because half my Saturdays are always spent outside. After that, I ate breakfast did did the e math paper which nearly murdered all my brain cells. I was busy misreading questions and mistaking concepts. I managed to persevere all the way and made sure every answer was correct before I went to do theory homework. I was in a poor mental state and nearly erased a hole in the page because I was annoyed with the "tao gays" (beansprouts/notes). So many hidden consecutive 8ths and 5ths.

After that, I decided to lean back on my chair to rest for a while. Oh, my chair is the type that can go almost 180 degrees so it feels scary like ur going to tip over because ppl normally do when they try leaning back on most chairs. I can't remember how many times I woke up (quite often) because I am a light sleeper and wake up at the slightest bit of talking. In the morning when my mom comes into my room, I am able to wake up just as she enters. I don't know why.. maybe I could hear her walking. Then at one point, I decided to make some use of my time, by trying to chant out (in my head) the forests and their characteristics/adaptations for geog. I only reached the first forest, around 5th point, and I started to drift off into somewhere.

I think my hearing has a serious problem. Mr Chua let our class try the sound generator where you can adjust the frequency till an inaudible range. He asked those who couldn't hear to raise their hands. The first round, Atiqa couldn't hear at about 16kHz. I didn't raise my hand because I wasn't sure if what I was hearing was correct. Because there's also this high pitched sound in my head that I hear when it's quiet. The second round when Mrs Khor was tested, I realised I suddenly coudn't hear anything at about 14-15kHz. I think that's the lowest in class. And sometimes I get deaf temporarily, like everything is suddenly softer. And, when I put my phone's speaker at my left ear, it is not as loud as at my right ear. Recently, I've also realised that I don't hear as much sound. Like, my ears feel blocked like when ur sitting on a plane and it changes in height. But this one is less irritating then the landing type, but quite permanent. Blame the violin. I think if I upgrade to a newer one, it's going to be so much louder I think I'll just go deaf by 20.

Deafness reminds me of blindness. I remember when I was in primary 2/3, I calculated that I would be blind by 18 years old. But I don't think it's possible now. Because during that time, my eyesight degree increased by about 50 every year. But after about 6-7 years, it stabilised and started going down. I think it's becuase I started reading less. So maybe I won't be blind so soon.

I am still contemplating whether or not to go for the mission trip from 23-31 Dec. I already made up my mind at first, but because so many people (ok not like hundreds, but the more active ppl in church) are planning to go, so the church is worried their Christmas program will be affected because of the lack of manpower. For one thing, Chimes cannot play because me, jean, xj, yx and (hilary?) wont be around and since it relies heavily on every note to be there, our performance is at risk because the rest cannot handle 4 chimes each. My mom is rattling on now about how terrible the situation is. And then for band, they say they are affected by 2 missing violins.. sigh. So mom is trying to convince dad to tell the other elders when they meet to convince them to have the thing earlier. I hope it works, then I won't have to make a choice.

Never make Jie Ying laugh when she is sitting behind a desk. If you notice when she laughs, she always jerks her head violently. Then once during music, she accidentally banged her head on the desk really loudly. I ended up laughing very hard and jie ying used that opportunity to poke me. But i learnt my lesson. I try not to spark off her laughing disorder but she always ends up laughing somehow.. like at my art or stick people.